The Pirate Bay says move to North Korea was a hoax

Apparently April Fools’ Day comes a month early if you run the world’s largest torrent website. Earlier this week a number of media outlets (TechSpot included) reported that The Pirate Bay had left their Swedish homeland and had been granted virtual asylum in North Korea, of all places. The file-sharing site’s reasoning seemed legitimate and considering news of the move came directly from TPB officials, there was little reason to discredit the move.

As it turns out, it was all a hoax orchestrated by The Pirate Bay itself designed to tick off the MAFIAA (Music and Film Industry Association of America). In a post on the website’s official Facebook page, they said they hope they’ve made it clear once again that TPB isn’t run for money.

They say a profit hungry idiot doesn’t tell the world that they have partnered with the most hated dictatorship in the world but they can play that stunt because they are still in it for the lulz. According to the post, it doesn’t matter if thousands of users “disband the ship.”

Those behind TPB say they have learned that many people need to be more critical, even of TPB. They said that people can’t cheer the “fact” that they moved to North Korea. The group applauds those who told them to screw off, for lack of a better phrase. In closing, TBP reminds everyone to stay critical towards everyone.